I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.